“The Lunchbox”–Tidbits of Love
This 2014 Indian film is a quirky romantic tale of two very lonely and desperate people attempting to find something to live for. A psychological study of loneliness and hope, “The Lunchbox” masterfully questions how much an individual is willing to risk to change his or her life.
Saajan Fernandes is a fifty-something civil servant on the cusp of retirement and resentful about it. Long a widower, his life is now empty as he coldly but minimally interacts with others: the children in his apartment complex to the young man assigned to be trained as his replacement. ...